Boston’s Built a Better Team
Tim Marchman, in his blog “New Partisan” makes the argument that the Red Sox are a better team than their rivals in New York.
The victorious Red Sox proved yet again that they’re a better team than the Yankees, by which I mean that they’re more likely to win the World Series.
For […]

Who would have thought that the AL East race and the playoff hopes of the Boston Red Sox would come down, not to the season series between the Yankees and Red Sox, but would be determined in part by the Baltimore Orioles.
If the Orioles did not exist, the Red Sox would be only one game […]

…it pours.
And right now it is pouring good fortune for the Red Sox.
Down 4-2 last night in Baltimore against Red Sox killer Rodrigo Lopez (2004 vs. Sox: 3-0, 1.06 ERA), the rains came and push this game back into October, keeping the three game winning streak in tact.
Not that the Red Sox couldn’t come back […]

Mired in a deep slump for most of the year, especially in what seemed to be the most important of situations, Kevin Millar has turned from an unproductive out to the hottest hitter in baseball. Over the past seven games, Millar has raised his average .20 points, more than doubled his home run total […]

No, not a new Fenway Park…but potentially a winning streak catalyst.
Please welcome the newest member of Red Sox Nation, my 8 week old Wheaten Terrier puppy, Fenway. We picked her up in Buffalo, NY on Saturday just as the Yankees took a 9-4 lead in the sixth inning of the game. While driving home with […]

If you don’t look carefully, you might miss it. The 2004 Red Sox have been unanimously lambasted for being inconsistent underachievers. But within their mix is a remarkably consistent over-achiever.
Penciled in as the de-facto long reliever/spot starter during spring training, Bronson Arroyo knew he had the stuff to make an impact on the […]

When you play for the Red Sox, life is one big ’soap opera’
I wonder if Darrin Beene of The News Tribune is a little jealous of all the action writers get on the east coast.
“It’s Boston. It’s baseball. And it’s different.”
Even Bob Melvin weighs in on the Red Sox. “It’s a soap opera […]

While watching the Sox this season I have often commented on their lack of heart and dedication, only to realize that I have in fact suffered the same fate as it pertains to this column and this space. While I truly have extenuating circumstances ranging from a death in the family, promotion at work, […]